G36c problems

[Master_Pluck]

Ok so I was shooting my gun then all of a sudden it stopped working when i looked at the battery it was still connected but I noticed a little bulb-like thingy was sticking out and whe I grabbed it, it broke now i remembered that there is a little gold "U" shaped thing that attaches to the bulb-like thing and I was wondering if I could buy another one or if they even sell another one.

[carbon14c]

.. a fuse?

[Master_Pluck]

YES! that's what it was called duh but yeah were can I get one? or do i have to order one from a specific place?

[I Slap Fat Kids]

Yeah, they're only a few cents each.  You can get them at any hardware store, just bring the one you have in and they'll be able to give you the right size.  I'd buy the ones of the same ampage that it says on the one you have.  If it doesn't have one, go with between 20A and 30A.

[carbon14c]

were you using a higher voltage/capacity battery?

[Master_Pluck]

Yeah, they're only a few cents each.  You can get them at any hardware store, just bring the one you have in and they'll be able to give you the right size.  I'd buy the ones of the same ampage that it says on the one you have.  If it doesn't have one, go with between 20A and 30A.

well on the metal piece it say's F25A250V is that important?

[Master_Pluck]

were you using a higher voltage/capacity battery?

an 8v

[I Slap Fat Kids]

Yep, in that case, get some 25A fuses with the same voltage tolerances as well.

[mini-support]

Yeah, they're only a few cents each.  You can get them at any hardware store, just bring the one you have in and they'll be able to give you the right size.  I'd buy the ones of the same ampage that it says on the one you have.  If it doesn't have one, go with between 20A and 30A.

well on the metal piece it say's F25A250V is that important?

F25A250V= 25 amp fast blow with 250 volt capacity. Fuses blow based on amperage(resistance) not voltage(current).

[Whiskey11]

Fuses blow based on amperage(resistance) not voltage(current).

That just hurt my brain, Amperage is a measurement of Current, Resistance and Voltage are seperate units, resistance is measured in Ohms and voltage in... well... volts.  What I think you meant was that Fuses blow based on temperature (heating of a thin wire element) which is caused by the resistance.  Resistance is dependent on both Voltage and Current (V=I*R [I is current, R is resistance, V is voltage, rearrange the equation and R=V/I) but resistance increases with heat.  Overcurrent the fuse (25 amps or more) and it will heat up exponentially untill the wire element breaks contact and breaks the circuit.  If your gun is pulling more than 25 amps continuous, something is wrong, either you have a wire thats been nicked and is occasionally grounding out to something metal, or the motor is shot, or you are running a very bleh battery with a motor that isnt getting the voltage/current it needs or something mechanical is causing your electricals to demand more current than the amperage is capable of.

Replacing with a 25A fuse is a MUST, any higher and you no longer have the safety mechanism, and any lower you wont be able to use the gun for long without breaking another fuse.

[mini-support]

Fuses blow based on amperage(resistance) not voltage(current).

That just hurt my brain, Amperage is a measurement of Current, Resistance and Voltage are seperate units, resistance is measured in Ohms and voltage in... well... volts.  What I think you meant was that Fuses blow based on temperature (heating of a thin wire element) which is caused by the resistance.  Resistance is dependent on both Voltage and Current (V=I*R [I is current, R is resistance, V is voltage, rearrange the equation and R=V/I) but resistance increases with heat.  Overcurrent the fuse (25 amps or more) and it will heat up exponentially untill the wire element breaks contact and breaks the circuit.  If your gun is pulling more than 25 amps continuous, something is wrong, either you have a wire thats been nicked and is occasionally grounding out to something metal, or the motor is shot, or you are running a very bleh battery with a motor that isnt getting the voltage/current it needs or something mechanical is causing your electricals to demand more current than the amperage is capable of.

Replacing with a 25A fuse is a MUST, any higher and you no longer have the safety mechanism, and any lower you wont be able to use the gun for long without breaking another fuse.

I tried to put it into "common thought process" terms and not give an electrical engineering course....